CVE-2022-47197 CRITICAL

CVE-2022-47197

Vendor Ghost Foundation
Product Ghost
Weakness CWE-453
Published January 19, 2023
Last update November 4, 2025

CVSS base score

9.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An insecure default vulnerability exists in the Post Creation functionality of Ghost Foundation Ghost 5.9.4. Default installations of Ghost allow non-administrator users to inject arbitrary Javascript in posts, which allow privilege escalation to administrator via XSS. To trigger this vulnerability, an attacker can send an HTTP request to inject Javascript in a post to trick an administrator into visiting the post.A stored XSS vulnerability exists in the `codeinjection_foot` for a post.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 19, 2023 CVE published
November 4, 2025 Record updated